Stray

Stray
The Stray Mob
Type	Hostile
Health
Damage Dealt	Easy: Normal: Hard:
Drops	0-2 (+Loot level) Arrows 0-2 (+Loot level) Bones 0-1 Tipped Arrows, 0-1 Bow 0-1 Armor pieces
First Appearance	Update 0.15.0

Strays are Hostile Mobs that were added in Update 0.15.0.

Spawning

Strays are variants of Skeletons that have an 80% chance to spawn in place of Skeletons in snowy Biomes, and spawn at light level 7 or below.

Behavior

Strays are stronger variations of Skeletons. Strays appear to be Skeletons wearing ragged clothing and holding a Bow. They fire Tipped Arrows which inflict Slowness I for 30 seconds upon any target they hit. Like Skeletons, they avoid Wolves.

Combat

It is best to use a Bow when attacking a Stray. Using melee attacks is not recommended as Strays inflict Slowness I which prevents the Player from charging too quickly, making it possible for the Stray to easily shoot him/her.

Trivia

• The Stray Mob was first hinted by Jeb in a tweet, when he posted a picture of a new 'archer' Mob.
• Strays have the regular Skeleton drops, but can also drop Tipped Arrows of Slowness.
• Like regular Skeletons, Strays burn in the daylight.
• Strays have a chance to wear white dyed Leather Armor. Despite this, they drop regular Leather Armor when killed.
• The Stray is made up of two skins, mainly "stray", and "stray_overlay".
• Strays are the fourth Mob in MCPE that are able to apply Status Effects on the Player, the first being Cave Spiders, second being Wither Skeletons and the third being Witches.
• When given Invisibility, its "clothing" will still appear.